Smashing Security podcast #362: Ransomware fraud, pharmacy chaos, and suicide
Is there any truth behind the alleged data breach at Fortnite maker Epic Games? Who launched the ransomware attack that caused a fallout at pharmacies? And what's the latest on the heart-breaking hack...
View ArticleEmergency. Ransomware halts beer production at Belgium’s Duvel brewery
I'm afraid that the people of Belgium are dealing with a national emergency.
View Article$12.5 billion lost to cybercrime, amid tidal wave of crypto investment fraud
If you have been optimistically daydreaming that losses attributed to cybercrime might have reduced in the last year, it's time to wake up. The FBI's latest annual Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3)...
View ArticleLockBit affiliate jailed for almost four years after guilty plea
An affiliate of the LockBit ransomware gang has been sentenced to almost four years in jail after earlier pleading guilty to charges of cyber extortion and weapons charges. Read more in my article on...
View ArticleSmashing Security podcast #364: Bing pop-up wars, and the British Library...
There's a Bing ding dong, after Microsoft (over?) enthusiastically encourages Chrome users to stop using Google, and silence hits the British Library as it shares its story of a ransomware attack. All...
View ArticleRansomware: lessons all companies can learn from the British Library attack
In October 2023, the British Library suffered "one of the worst cyber incidents in British history," as described by Ciaran Martin, ex-CEO of the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC). What lessons can...
View ArticleNotorious Nemesis Market zapped by video game-loving German police
Nemesis Market, a notorious corner of the darknet beloved by cybercriminals and drug dealers, has been suddenly shut down after German police seized control of its systems. Read more in my article on...
View ArticleRansomware hits The Big Issue. Qilin group leaks confidential data
The Qilin ransomware group has targeted The Big Issue, a street newspaper sold by the homeless and vulnerable. Spost on Qilin's dark web leak site claimed the gang has stolen 550 GB of confidential...
View ArticleWhat makes a ransomware attack eight times as costly? Compromised backups
New research has found that ransomware remediation costs can explode when backups have been compromised by malicious hackers - with overall recovery costs eight times higher than for those whose...
View ArticleTargus business operations disrupted following cyber attack
Targus, the well-known laptop bag and case manufacturer, has been hit by a cyber attack that has interrupted its normal business operations. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
View ArticleWhen a breach goes from 25 documents to 1.3 terabytes…
If 25 documents stolen is "very serious," I'm not sure the words exist to describe the 1.3 terabytes of data that Leicester City Council now says it has had stolen by hackers.
View ArticleDragonForce ransomware – what you need to know
Learn more about the DragonForce ransomware - how it came to prominence, and some of the unusual tactics used by the hackers who extort money from companies with it. Read more in my article on the...
View ArticleEast Central University suffers BlackSuit ransomware attack
The East Central University (ECU) of Ada, Oklahoma, has revealed that a ransomware gang launched an attack against its systems that left some computers and servers encrypted and may have also seen...
View Article3.5 million Omni Hotel guest details held to ransom by Daixin Team
The international hotel chain Omni Hotels & Resorts has confirmed that a cyber attack last month saw it shut down its systems, with hackers stealing personal information about its customers. Read...
View ArticleChange Healthcare data for sale on dark web as fallout from ransomware attack...
February's crippling ransomware attack against Change Healthcare, which saw prescription orders delayed across the United States, continues to have serious consequences. Read more in my article on the...
View ArticleCity street lights “misbehave” after ransomware attack
The UK's Leicester City Council was thrown into chaos last month when a crippling cyber attack forced it to shut down its IT systems and phone lines. But the ransomware attack also had a more unusual...
View ArticleSmashing Security podcast #369: Keeping the lights on after a ransomware attack
Leicester City Council suffers a crippling ransomware attack, and a massive data breach, but is it out of the dark yet? And as election fever hits India we take a close eye at deepfakery. All this and...
View Article“Junk gun” ransomware: the cheap new threat to small businesses
A wave of cheap, crude, amateurish ransomware has been spotted on the dark web - and although it may not make as many headlines as LockBit, Rhysida, and BlackSuit, it still presents a serious threat to...
View ArticleSmashing Security podcast #371: Unmasking LockBitsupp, company extortion, and...
The kingpin of the LockBit ransomware is named and sanctioned, a cybersecurity consultant is charged with a $1.5 million extortion, and a romance fraudster defrauded women he met on Tinder of £80,000....
View Article$10 million reward offer for apprehension of unmasked LockBit ransomware leader
Do you know Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev? If you do, there's a chance that you might well on the way to receiving a reward of up to $10 million. Read more in my article on the Exponential-e blog.
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